Protect Patient Access and Promote Hospital Efficiency Act2014-05-16T07:16:47Z4663HouseB0012736Rep. Black, Diane [R-TN-6]DianeB00127381532063BlackRTNDJANICEILRep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]1588S00114579292014-05-15S001145D.9TrueSCHAKOWSKYDEARLORRep. Blumenauer, Earl [D-OR-3]998116B0005742014-05-28B0005743FalseBLUMENAUERDSuzanneORRep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1]20928367B0012782014-12-02B0012781FalseBonamici113Short Titles as IntroducedProtect Patient Access and Promote Hospital Efficiency ActOfficial Title as IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit certain nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives to provide certain certifications with respect to inpatient hospital services under the Medicare program.Display TitleProtect Patient Access and Promote Hospital Efficiency Act2014-05-15Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.2014-05-15By Mrs. BLACK:H.R. 4663.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Section. 8 of the U.S. Constitution which states, ``(t)heCongress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties,Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for thecommon Defence and general Welfare of the United States; butall Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughoutthe United States . . .''[Page H4434]]]>HRAllied health servicesHospital careMedicareNursingHealth111H111002014-05-15IntroReferralHouse floor actions2Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.Ways and Means Committeehswm00Intro-H2014-05-15IntroReferralLibrary of Congress9Introduced in House10002014-05-15IntroReferralLibrary of Congress9Introduced in House3Protect Patient Access and Promote Hospital Efficiency Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to authorize nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives who order inpatient hospital services to certify their medical necessity for payment under the Medicare program.]]>Introduced in House2014-05-152014-05-15T04:00:00Z2014-05-27T21:00:17ZIntroduced in House002016-10-25T16:13:19Zhswm00Ways and Means CommitteeHouseStanding2014-05-15T18:00:22ZReferred toHealthtext/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.Congressional Research Service, Library of CongressThis file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.